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Where to start?! The Design?

There are so many places for inspiration Pinterest, Blogs, shows like Tiny House Nation and the list goes on. But it all comes down to personal preference. Ive spent months looking at ads for tiny houses that are for sale as well as new custom builds and I got lots of great ideas - but nothing that was exactly as I wanted...and in my price range. At some point, I will go through the costs of all of this as I know for me it was one of the most important things. Could I have my dream tiny house and fit it into my budget spreadsheet?! (and let it be noted that I have already expanded my budget a couple times...)

Anyways, I will start with posting a couple screenshots of one of the houses that jumped out to me the most. It was (and currently still is) for sale on tinyhouselistings.com and I reached out to the gal who is selling it to see if it would be a good option for me. We messaged a couple times and it turns out that hers has been sitting in one place for 3 years so she wasn't sure how it well the trailer would function for long trips. And that is a very important aspect of going tiny for me, is to be able to travel with it. I want to be able to pick up and leave at any given time if I want to (easier said than done...) The one feature that really caught my eye was the loft. It has a walkway beside the bed so that you don't have to always crawl. As a person who is almost 6 feet tall, I love the idea of not having to crawl across a full loft. Oh and a huge thing for me, is that I do not want to have a ladder - stairs all the way! I once stayed in an Airbnb that had a ladder and it was such a pain to get up and down, definitely not for me!
 
Isn't it beautiful?! I just love it! And someday I would love to have a doggy to join my tiny house adventures too! 

So, a big design feature for me is the loft with a walkway with a set of stairs going up to it. Some other things that were musts for me...a tiny wood stove, an incinerating toilet and a skylight above the loft. The rest I have been fairly open to changes and modifications as they have come along. Oh...a fairly major decision is the size! Do I want it to be super small? Umm...I ain't no super small lady, so that just ain't gonna work for me! Then what size is too big? Ugh! Very hard to decide. Especially without having something to look at for reference. That is when I started noticing adverts for Tiny House Events. And Boom! There was one coming up in Vermont. So it was time for a field trip down to see this Tiny House Fest in Warren, VT...which I will write about and post some pictures of in my next post!

Cheers! 

Mya
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